LATER AND AUTENTIC NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 57, 20 July 1868, Page 3

LATER AND AUTENTIC NEWS FROM THE FRONT.

ONLY NTNIC f)3P TriK COLONIAL ITOUCEB KILL 101).

LIST OF TUH KlIAMft AND WOUND XI),

DETAILB OIT TIHC ATTACK ON THE JIKDoUJiT.

})y Cobb'rt Couch last nifjht wo bivvo received tlio following Extra of ilio Wiwjtwui Chronicle, dated Tliurmliiy, tho lfltli hint!— We havo received flomo jmrtloularfl— not full : or oomploto-— but authentic an fur they pjo, of! tho melancholy nnd tcrrlblo affair ut thu rodouliL near Walhi, Tliero In a melancholy naUiifuotlon In Bay hip that tho numljor of tho killed was much oxnggcratcdi an very of ion hupponn in htioli cntfoN of oxciluiiictit, 'I'lio <xtwx number, an now rojiorKid liy Mr Honovnii, who lino come direct from WnJlil, in olglit mon. and among theno dipt. Uobii, who was in cimrco of tho omali force, 'J ho rodoubt i» three tnilcrt nearor Pftlotv than tlio Wnlhl, wlum lhc-.ro U aixtihep and tho moot remote oC the whole Tlio plnco is And will henooforth ho moro widely Imown a» Turo 'i'uro Molciti. llorc, then, on Saturday lafll, ihurcwaHa band of, twenty- ll vo mon j Ciijit, HoflH lived in a whuro outsido the redoubt, indicating appnrontiy a falxo noourity in their position on rogards tho natlvci), but bo it wmi, i Two ficnlrlcf) kept v/rttch in tho fcdoubt, and at flro.y dawn on Hnndny niorniucf ono of tIiCHO fancied ho flaw a Maori orawlinpr among tho forn ouloldo tho wall. It turnoit out to bo no fancy, as ho woo immediately auro of Ho

being a faot by observing the moving forms of Borornl more Objoots woro but dimly ftn<l Imperfectly observed In tho gloom, fltifl thcro wan no mistaking tlio dnngcrouß proximity of an enemy, and tho sentry challenged and fired. Thin wiw tho signal for a wild yell and a niflh | tho sentry was flrod upon and fell, Tlio redoubt was at onco in tho hands of tho Maorlos > tho men woro asleep* \ nnd inntead of making a defence, it wan dimply a scramblo to got over tho walla and encapo to a hiding plnoo in tho forn, It wns in making tholr enenpo in this way that tho man woro killed, with tho exception of Cuptain Uoflfl, who, no wo havo alroady said, was flk'Oplnff In a wharo ontfltdo tho rodoubt, and who, on lioaring tho rojiort of tho m-ntry'ri gun, at onoo got up and ran to tho rcdoulit, where ho was encountered by tho Maoris, and flrod at. It In wild that tho hall pierced hl« heart, nnd ho w«a found lying a fow yards Inside tho gate : Tho mon who made tliolr oacapo contrivod at length to reach 'WniUl, and report tiia dltmstor, when an Immediate mußter was m ado of tho foreo there, and tho country Boourcd to Turo Turo Molcnl, but not a traco of tho enemy could bo noon. On reaching tho redoubt, (ho desolation wan found to lie complete, Tonlfl and heavy artlolos woro all burned, but none of tho bodies were mutilated or cut In any wny ( Aftor a aenroh, tho report In that Captain Ross, tfwrflcant McFtvddi)n ( and six mon, arc killed $ ono man Is niUnlng, and fllx aro wounded. Thcro Is a rumour that thrco Maorin wore killed, but thuro wnn no tr>'co of tholr bodies, and wo aro drivon to tho conclusion thut lUo ftgfjfCfl»oru escaped ncM-itkO, The redoubt la a plaoo of finino strength, placed on a knoll, and surrounded by a dltoh and bank—tho former of flomo depth and broadth » wo havo not learned tho dlmeuMlono, hut It Ih of such cxkut ft«to luswwflHuto- a plank a« ft «r<m«lntf or bridge to gain nn ontraueo, And another proof at UUjudgod HWiurlty is 10 bo found in thofaot, nn wo havo neon inforinDil, tlmt this plnnk was not withdrawn during tin: night. Of court)?) U would hrtvo boon no <vdMjtml« dofotiflo, but tho lima required by tlio mw.iuy In (jliunlierliitf up tlio flldo of tho dltoh would naturally havo boon of importance to tho mon within <ho ru<louht, Tho dcud hodicH wcro braught down to Walngougoro, «ud Inlorrcd In the graveyard there, VI/IITHKH I'AIITIOHLAHS. Slnco tho übovo wan In typo, wo havo boon favoured with further doiaihi of tlilo niTalr, They do not add inuoh to tho information already buforo tho pulillo, hut thoy oxpialn agooif deal that wan bofovo filnmUar and doubtful, Four of the men «t<iod to tliolr juiflto, wlion tho other/) worti panlc-fltrlckon and fled, no that tho abovo report, In so far at) it »tatci» that tho redoubt wan in poflfloiislon of tho Maoria requires modlllcation, ThoHo four hold fin fttiiflo of H, defondlng thoniHolvoh iigalnot a mob of infuriated Havngon with tholr boyonetii, until aoßißtunco roaohed thorn from Waihl. Thoro are nlno traito of bravery which roliovo tho darker aopcotrt of tho fl«ouo. A private, named JJoamlßh, aflor bglng wounded and unablo to Oro, onuned liin pouch and handed oarlrldgeH to Inn remaining comradco, Captain Hohh, after being nhot. culled out to bio mon tlmt ho wan dono for, but rcquontnd thorn to Htick to tholr potita, and tlmt thoy would noon got help. Ho died while thus rttriving to oncourago them. lIIBT OJf'i'llM KWiriKl), Oaptoin Now, Borg«)«nt M'Kaddcn, Corporal Blako, PrlvatuN Uorr, Htiloldo, Deamlah, (wouuded, bliico dead), Holder, and Crayshaw, Alho, It. Lennon, oantoßivkcepor, Another wounded man, wliono namo wo havo not learned, ha* hlhco died, Four d ond MaorlH, It In Raid, havo aluo bcon dlncovorcd Alnco tho first flcaroh,